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Today in Nature is Scary, an innocent kayaker was chased by an alligator in the Gulf Coast of Alabama. 

Shannon Collins shared two videos of the incident to her Facebook on Tuesday, which took place in Spanish Fort. In the clip, a man in a yellow kayak can be seen looking back at an alligator in the water. When he attempts to paddle away from the gator, it follows.

“Get out of the water, dude,” Collins can be heard saying in another video of the gator giving chase. 

“That gator followed him until he docked, then stayed there by him until he loaded his kayak in his truck and left,” Collins wrote in a comment on Facebook. “He got a little too close to her babies we think and she wasnt [sic] letting him out of her sight. That gator was serious.” Read more…

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Oreo is not done with their wild 2017 cookie innovations.

For their latest go at an exciting new flavor, the snack masterminds created a limited edition Firework Oreo, or as Cosmopolitan calls it, “an Oreo with Pop Rocks in the creme.”

At the center of the cookie, red and blue “popping candies” (a la Pop Rocks) are mixed in with the creme, creating a “firework” sensation in your mouth.

Fireworks Oreos hit stores May 8 for a limited time – and we have a feeling with their red, white, and blue packaging – they’ll be a big hit for the fourth of July. Read more…

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The perfect pillow for people who hate waking up. The ‘Sunrise Smart Pillow’ will have you waking up with more ease than ever before. It tracks your sleeping pattern, plays soothing music to stir you out of bed, and lights up to mimic a rising sun.  Read more…

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It’s unclear why Guy Ritchie decided Hollywood needed a King Arthur reboot — apart from the fact that Hollywood’s do-over obsession hasn’t lost steam in 2017. Nevertheless, his spin on King Arthur and his knights has arrived and generally underwhelmed critics, despite Ritchie’s promising work with Sherlock Holmes.

The Telegraph‘s Robbie Collin described King Arthur: Legend of the Sword as “so misshapen and inert, your imagination and memory never come close to being sparked by it. Just sticking with the plot soaks up every ounce of concentration you have.”

Yikes. Read more of the films reviews below. Read more…

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Tesla’s excited to ramp up its work to create a fully self-driving car platform by the end of the year — so it wants your permission to take some quick videos while you’re behind the wheel, please. 

The electric automaker rolled out the latest version of its HW2 Autopilot software and asked owners to agree to some new terms along with the update, according to Electrek, which published the message Tesla sent its owners. 

In order to “improve autonomous safety features and make self-driving a reality for you as soon as possible,” Tesla has asked owners to allow their cars’ camera systems to record “short video clips.” Those videos will be used to help hone the Autopilot’s visual recognition capabilities to keep the cars on the road.   Read more…

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Schools may provide students with a wealth of academic knowledge, but do they really think they have what it takes to outsmart children when it comes to social media?

The battle between educational institutions and social media’s been brewing for years, but the latest attempt to prevent children from being distracted by their beloved mobiles? Straight-up laughable.

According to the Wisconsin State Journal, four public schools in Madison, Wisconsin—East High School, Wright and Cherokee Middle schools, and West High School—are going so far as to shut down wi-fi connectivity for popular apps like Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, and over 30 others in order to determine just how heavily student behavior, grades, and overall school safety are impacted by personal internet usage. Read more…

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Sprinting, diving and barrel-rolling, Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Kevin Pillar made an absolute stunner of a play Monday night, one that’s already being hailed as Major League Baseball’s catch of the season so far.

With two outs in the sixth inning, a runner in scoring position and Toronto up 4-0 on Cleveland, Pillar laid all the way out to rob Jose Ramirez of what sure as hell should have been a base hit. Take a look. 

We’re not even sure what’s more impressive — Pillar’s full-extension to pluck the ball from the air, or the awareness to pull out of his barrel-roll just before hitting the wall. Verily, the man can do it all.  Read more…

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In the market for a home in Brantford, Ontario? Well, here’s one that a lot of people are talking about. Let’s take a look at the photos.

Okay, there’s a nice yard. Well-kept. Green.

And a nice garage with lots of available storage. Great!

Yep, this space is perfectly designed for all those clowns you definitely have. Read more…

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The sad mystery around the sudden death of a giant rabbit onboard a United Airlines flight in April deepens thanks to new, disturbing allegations made by the rabbit’s owners.

The owners of giant hare Simon are demanding an undisclosed payment for damages and an independent investigation into what the heck exactly happened to the 10-month-old three-foot-long continental giant rabbit on the London-to-Chicago flight in late April that resulted in his death. 

Their lawyer, Guy Cook, alleges that, at some point, Simon was locked in a freezer, potentially for 16 hours, by mistake, and that’s how he died. The hare was then cremated without the owners’ consent, Cook said at a news conference Monday, pointing to UK tabloid reports written at the time of Simon’s death that quoted an anonymous airline staffer detailing the freezer incident. Read more…

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